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In 2016, a 25-year-old Syrian refugee in Germany found €150,000 in his secondhand wardrobe and turned it over to the authorities.
The Apple Lisa was the first commercial computer with a Graphical User Interface (GUI) and a mouse.
PAGELY HYPE REMINDER!!
Print book sales rised, while e-book sales plunged in the U.S. and UK in 2016.
Some people are afraid of technology.
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HYPE REMINDER!
Back in 2006, Qatar Telecom hosted a charity auction where they sold the phone number 666-6666. It sold for $2.75 million, bought by an anonymous bidder
When Iceland's soccer team reached the quarter-final of the 2016 Euro Cup, 10% of Iceland's population traveled to France for the game.
In 1973, the entire Internet consisted of only 42 computers.
Unverified: The CIA uses board games to train spies.
40% of American couples meet online.
Music content makes up 5% of YouTube.
In 2016, an Australian soccer fan tricked his wife into naming their daughter after his favorite team, Arsenal, by suggesting the name "Lanesra."
MOOOAAAR!
Unverified: Ravens suffer from paranoia.
In 2017, Australian scientists discovered 50 new species of spider in one 10-day research trip.
Kids that are on social media for 1 hour a day have less chance of being happy.
Vitamin B6 helps you remember your dreams.
MySpace lost all of its content before 2016.
Nearly one-third of divorces are because of Facebook.
Using a thinner font can save printer ink.
Japan has blue traffic lights in some areas because historically the Japanese used the same word for green and blue.
The QWERTY keyboard was originally designed to slow you down.
And all divorces are because of marriage!
In 1991, Tim Berners-Lee was working on developing the World Wide Web.
There are no graphics and no background, just plain text and links on how to use the internet!
And the fater keyboard layout is called DVORAK!
Nigeria, Ghana, and Bangladesh went from zero to 100. Due to a lack of resources, it was too costly to adapt to using landlines.
Less than 1% of residents in these countries have a landline, but over 85% have access to cell phones.
100%
In 2016, a 91-year-old woman filled out a crossword that turned out to be $116,000 artwork in a German museum.
Name itself is fear inducing